If I were the homeowner, I'd have just paid Andrew to take the whole thing down. That lean towards the house would keep me up at night during windy bad weather. It looks like a timebomb waiting to go off and take out part of the house with it.
I wouldn't take the whole thing out but near the end of the video I would've taken the long left branch and the right hand branch also. they will break next ice storm.
If I was the home owner I'd have hired an arborist. It's too specialist a job for a bloke with a chainsaw, even if that bloke happens to be Andrew. When you compare the approach someone like August Hunicke makes to a job like this to how Andrew went about it, you'd have to agree Andrew looked a bit sketchy.
You need to install and use a safety harness. Last fall we lost a tree trimmer in our area that was using a bucket without safety harness and there was a equipment problem that suddenly threw him out of the bucket to the ground and he was killed. Please be safe. He had is own business and was very experienced.
Agree. And for pity's sake, wear some ppe. You are not immortal. If something went sideways your liablity insurance (and the homeowners) would happily not pay a dime.
No harness, no face shield, no ear defenders. He would have been prosecuted on a job site in the UK! Plus the tree looked mangled and completely misshapen!
Bad idea. Never have trees within 5 meters of your house in general. It's just asking for trouble. Not only from the top, but in the ground too. I was doing a survey years ago on a concrete basement house, and a Paulownia tree was strong enough to fit through a water drip hole, grow and crack the concrete.
Birch like this, with a spread form, have to be evaluated continuously for risk to structures. Short lived and wood that weakens quickly. But very attractive!
I can't say enough how much I love these videos. It's great how you make the shots tell a story without saying that much. Most guys like the sound of their own voice and give three minutes of commentary before each different part of the job.
11:00 Damn, that was a good one! XD First i was like: "Ah, the homeowner is helping him." but then i realized it and was like: "Wait a sec... Double Trouble?"
That little cherrypicker really came in handy! I remember when you first got it. Sweet video - quick, efficient, done! Camarata Property Maintenance for the WIN!!!!! (as always!) Thanks for having us on your shoulder Andrew!
I think this piece of equipment was a good investment. Very unique. Good call buying this Andrew for I see you have used this multiple times already in the short time you have owned it.
Dude, I really enjoy watching your work but this one...as a professional arborist there were so many risks and hazards in this vid. Notably the lack of PPE, helmet, harness etc and that Birch, complete removal in my book. It may regenerate some water sprouts from the main stem but in a couple years it will be rotten, Birches don't compartmentalize large wounds well. Plus it's completely off balance, most likely gonna split in two. Anyways, just be safe man so we can continue to enjoy watching you create.
@@aboversite as a professional tree climber, business owner etc, I agree. Andrew has no business doing technical tree work. Love him, but a man has got to know his limitations.
Looks good Andrew. I noticed that corner of the roof was quite weathered by that tree. I myself, would have suggested to the home owner, in removing that tree would be better for the house in the long run. Cheers, Glad to see your vid today. Hope there's more coming soon. Blessings!
This was to good. I only had one option - 5K 2880 60FPs - and that was more than my computer could handle. For the first time there was not an option to go to say 4K or less in quality. The video stopped and paused every 10 seconds. But the pictures were fantastic in colour - that blue sky was supreme - in still pictures.
Andrew I wish you would wear a harness attached to bucket (seen several peeps ejected from the bucket not wearing harness) & wear safety specs, cutting that cable prefect example of why to wear them, & wear ear defenders... Also want to treat yourself to a petrol pole pruner, so handy, my telescopic Stihl has about a 5mtr reach.
ANDREW!!! Great to see ya once again. And to see you on a job, the first in over a yr if not longer, is great. Poor tree took a bad hit in that last storm you had there, but as you stated in a few yrs, should come back. Thin is, birch trees are pretty, but should never bee TOO close to those house, cause they get leggy. Best to have shrub's around the house and trees of variety away from the house. We have three large Pine that a former owner, never measuring how big they would get, planted them all almost right up against the side of our homes foundation and now, though I love pines, the middle one and a smaller one will have to be gut down this year, due to roots going to the side of the foundation of the house.
Delicate job. The equipment was perfect for the task. Had to be patient. Would be interested in seeing how that tree fares in a couple of years. Enjoyed the vid. Thanks.
the right equipment (tool) for that job, one of the reason your vds are awesome is you get great equipment to perform... another feature you constantly adding/improving your drone/camera shots...txs for sharing
I liked the way you cloned yourself on the video when you were loading the trailer back up. Great Videos Andrew, using multiple angles, drones, and such, keep up the great work.
Great to see that you are using all the equipment you have It makes me feel like I want to buy so many things and use them all the time so that I don't need anything from anyone
This was 12 minutes of Andrew having a bit of sub-liminal fun with his million+ subscribers. Kinda think he's smirking a bit at this video's comments. As usual, he's always got something up his sleeve.
I am having a problem with my neighbor’s river birches. The are also passed their life expectancy. 15 years is about it for the messy nasty trees. It is dropping 2 inch branches on my driveway, spoke with him and he said I can cut anything that is on my side of the property line. I am waiting for major limbs to fall, hopefully not on my car.
Always like your videos. I had a problem with this one however. I only had one option - 5K 2880 60FPs - and that was more than my computer could handle. For the first time there was not an option to go to 4K or less in quality. I have a an AMD Ryzen 5000 series processor and 32 gigs of RAM, but the video was still choppy. Please fix this if you can when you upload again.
@@everynameiputistaken Bud i have a Gaming pc that play all games bud this video stay more frozen than playing :-( and i like the video`s al lot from Holland.
I've gotten my AC fix this morning. Nothing is better than a bucket truck for such work, but having tracks makes it much more useful in rough and tight areas when needed.
I don't have a bucket truck yet. Glad I saw your video. I do have a DeWalt pole-chainsaw and it sure beats that manual pole saw. I've used those old things for years and just got the DeWalt. Highly recommend it. Another great video, Sir!
Do home insurance companies not have clauses in contracts regarding how close a tree can be to a house? If I was the home owner, Id have taken it ALL down!
I know people that would rather have their house crunched then cut a tree. Trees are giga-expensive to have placed. In California, you can cut a tree that leans over your fence but if you cut your neighbors tree incorrectly they can sue for property damages, and the remediation/damages gets ugly real quick.
The old cherry picker!! Good to see her again. Good to see you again as well Andrew. I've been wondering how your mountain top purchased land is doing. Anyways, good to see you and have a great week.
@@Deutschehordenelite seriously.... it should be a friggin law!! my neighborhood is full of 80 FT+ trees that tower over people's homes 10 ft away. Half of them them are dying... but people just leave them there so they take down power lines and destroy their own property. i dont get it!
I was trying to figure out why this video was jumpy when I noticed the only resolution option was 5K!?!? Andrew is big ballin' with RU-vid's bandwidth holy shite!
It's been awhile since Andrew posted a vid of him actually working. Nice to see him in action. I don't remember him buying this unique piece of equipment.
Struggling with the 5k Andrew - no options to reduce it either..... rural Europe doesn't have the connection speeds required..... very jumpy, Could you include the lower resolutions too?
A question about your previous video showing the use of this lift on the filming set. How was your experience working with the production crew? We had Netflix film a scene from an upcoming movie with Adam Driver on our farm. I think it'scalled "White Noise". Basically, he drives out of a corn field onto a country road, only to find it jambed with other people trying to escape a toxic cloud from some kind of toxic spill. The Netflix location manager was super attentive and made sure everything was taken care of. I would work with them again in a heartbeat.
That was an interesting experience, everyone there was nice, there was a ton of people for what was happening, and they had it well supplied with food.
A heroic effort, Andrew!! If I were the homeowner, I would have asked you to go ahead and remove the entire tree. I'm not comfy with a tree leaning over the house. Best case, you get clogged gutters. Worst case, the next storm brings it down on the house.
I'm only saying this because selfishly I want more videos and NOT because I am trying to be the safety police, but when dealing with dead/downed limbs that are snagged a helmet with face visor is never a bad idea. Stuff can shift in ways you don't expect and quicker than you can react.
You new here? This is Andrew. We install radios by cutting the dash with chainsaws, we leap off cranes that have lost brakes and went down a hill. We buy trucks that are pre-dented. Helmet? Face mask? Son, you make me chuckle with your safety talk.
Good advice, but remember its hard to evaluate the conditions from a video. Camera lenses stretch and compress depth of field in funny ways that you can't react to unless you're a photographer. We are all responsible for our own safety in this world.
eye protection is always smart when working with any power tools. you only have to get a piece of steel from grinding stuck behind your eyeball once to remember to put you safety specs on first. Or in my case five times.
I'm pretty sure what _we_ do is sit on our phones or computers and watch Andrew do all that stuff. Andrew tends to be lax with safety equipment, I hope it doesn't come back to bite him.
Forgot you had the bucket truck! And that holster for the chainsaw is genius. I know that isn't a fruit tree but my Dad had a formula for trimming fruit trees. "Cut out enough branches so you can throw a bushel basket through it without hitting a branch--from three directions." The video reminded me of trimming fruit trees with Dad.
